Dean's bus rapid transit project has new name: 'The Amp'

9:22 PM,
Apr. 11, 2013

Written by

Joey Garrison
The Tennessean

Mayor Karl Dean's vision of fast-moving buses traveling along West End Avenue, Broadway and across the river to East Nashville has a new name: "The Amp."

As part of a rebranding and messaging plan for a $174 million project the mayor argues is key to the city's growth, a name often associated with a guitar has replaced what was previously known as the East-West Connector. The overhaul comes as transit officials continue selling the public on a proposed 7.1-mile bus rapid transit system that would have to eventually land local, state and federal funding to become a reality.